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... White House staff and congressional committees have sought answers from the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command over a series of suicides.

At least 11 people working for the two organizations died by suicide in the 12 months through September, Bloomberg reported, citing U.S. officials and public records.

The military classified five of the deaths, which occurred between early June and early July, as a suicide cluster, Bloomberg reported.

Congressional committees overseeing the military and intelligence agencies received briefings after those deaths.

NSA Deputy Director Tim Kosiba briefed White House staff in August, an official told Bloomberg.

Ten of the deaths occurred in the area around Fort Meade, Maryland, where both organizations are based, and one occurred near an NSA facility in Georgia, an official said.

The tally includes military personnel, civilians and contractors. ...

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... Doctors across the nation are alarmed that skepticism fueled by rising anti-science sentiment and medical mistrust is increasingly reaching beyond vaccines to other proven, routine, preventive care for babies.

A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, which analyzed more than 5 million births nationwide, found that refusals of vitamin K shots nearly doubled between 2017 and 2024, from 2.9% to 5.2%. Other research suggests that parents who decline vitamin K shots are much more likely to refuse getting their newborns the hepatitis B vaccine and an eye ointment to prevent potentially blinding infections. ...

Innumerable social media posts question doctors' advice on safe and effective measures like vitamin K and eye ointment. And the Trump administration has repeatedly undermined established science. A federal advisory committee whose members were appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. -- a leading anti-vaccine activist before joining the administration -- voted to end the longstanding recommendation to immunize all babies against hepatitis B right after birth. ...

One common thread that ties together anti-vaccine views and growing sentiments against other protective measures for newborns is the fallacy that natural is always better than artificial, said Dr. David Hill, a Seattle pediatrician and researcher.

"Nature will allow 1 in 5 human infants to die in the first year of life," Hill said, "which is why generations of scientists and doctors have worked to bring that number way, way down." ...

So, I have to ask ...

Does Pres Trump seem to be more concerned about his vanity and grifting projects than he seems to be about the people and Constitution he swore to serve?

... GOP bucks Trump on Nvidia ...

Does this mean the GOP finally has grown a spine?

Or is this just a temporary thing?

Time will tell.

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... Senior Republican lawmakers are considering investigating Nvidia over CEO Jensen Huang's affair with an alleged Chinese spy, putting President Donald Trump's strong defense of the tech titan at odds with mounting scrutiny from members of his own party.

GOP chairs of the House Foreign Affairs, Intelligence and China committees are asking Huang to appear at a closed-door briefing next week that could lay the groundwork for an investigation into Nvidia. Other Republicans are now calling for Congress or other federal authorities to launch probes into Huang's conduct and Nvidia's broader dealings with China.

House Energy and Commerce Chair Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) told reporters "we need to do an investigation" through the "proper authorities," while outgoing Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said Huang should be broadly investigated and Congress should "absolutely" have a role in probing him. ...

Is Mr Jensen Huang a Robert Cray fanboy?

Speakin' of Robert Cray ...

@#11 ... When does she go blonde and start on FOX News?...

And then get hired as Pres Trump's new press secretary?

I dunno. It may take two or three months for all that to occur.

;)

@#2

Oops, forgot to include ...

The link for that astute commentary and lyrics excerpt is...

@#8 ... I have no problem with her having an exciting sex life. More power to her. ..

I do not necessarily disagree.

... I just judge conservatives for their hypocrisy. If a liberal politician did that they would have crucified her. ...

Well, I try not to "judge" but I do understand with the gist of your comment.

If conservatives do things - OK

If liberals do those same things - OMG, the world is going to end!!!!!

YMMV and all that ...

@#4 ... Please delete this RCADE ...

Nah.

My view is that RCade should leave this (and the other comment posted today) available for all to see.

imo, there is no reason to delete the comment.

It looks to be purely an opinion.

It does not contain offensive commentary.

So, why should it be deleted?

It seems the reason proffered by the poster is that the poster was too stupid to realize it was a duplicate post of prior posts.

So, then the decision faced by RCade seems to be, should he delete posts based upon such stupidity?

@#2 ... Remember when MAGATS cried that BLM protests could theoretically potentially block ambulances? ...

@#6 ... How did the dem admins manage to deport even more illegals that dt, without the pushback? ...

Maybe because the Dem admins followed the law instead of following Pres Trump's policy of cruelty and killing American citizens?

@#12 ... That might have been Sun Tzu. ...

Found this ...

... Firm Linked to Trump's Sons Got Nearly $40 Million in Federal Contracts ...

Of course, Pres Trump might likely say that he has no say in the awarding of such contacts to the ~blind trust~ managed by his sons.

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... American Ascent launches Monday with an eye toward building a bench of young conservatives that could flip some of the dozens of congressional seats that will be held by aging lawmakers in 2028.

The 501(c)(4) will be run by Ryan Neuhaus, the former Heritage Foundation chief of staff. Its partners include an array of new-right allies of Vice President JD Vance, including Turning Point Action, which has already endorsed Vance for president in 2028, as well as the conservative think tank Claremont Institute and the watchdog group Oversight Project.

A PAC that has backed challenges to other GOP incumbents led by Andy Surabian, a longtime aide to both Vance and Donald Trump Jr., will also partner closely with the effort.

The effort was in the works before last week's GOP washout. Still, its leaders say those results show Republicans must double down rather than shrink back from an aggressive populist agenda on issues from immigration to the economy.

"For too long, the Republican Party has relied on rerunning candidates over and over again," Neuhaus said. "The American people told us pretty clearly that they want to see younger, more energetic politicians leading in America, representing them. They want to feel closely connected to them, and American Ascent is going to accomplish that."

When asked if their recruits would primary incumbent Republicans, Neuhaus demurred. "That's up to them," he said, referring to the candidates. "But I'll prepare any young and able and competent American to run for higher office."

Neuhaus is the former Heritage Foundation chief of staff who shouldered the blame for Kevin Roberts' controversial video defending Tucker Carlson last year, after the podcaster hosted a friendly interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes. ...

@#10

But, does AG Blanche have a good offense, aside from his bomber le torse?

@#9 ... LOL ~ That's scared talk.

Blanche is scared! ...

What's the US football adage?

The best defense is a good offense?

... Firm Linked to Trump's Sons Got Nearly $40 Million in Federal Contract ...

The grifting continues?

... The chip-making giant said its board had no reason to believe the company's secrets or national security were compromised, ...

So far as currently seems to be known.

Time will tell.

CEO Huang seemed to have violated his oath to his wife in this affair.

So, what does that say about how he may regard his responsibility towards Nvidia?

@#13 ... President Donald Trump emerged Monday with muddled accusations of election fraud, nearly a week after saying he would accept the sweeping Republican losses in the midterm elections. ...

Pres Trump seems to have two main concepts that govern his alternate-reality life ...

1) He always wins.

2) Everybody loves him (see #1).

If anything in the real world falls outside of those two governing concepts, then the real world is obviously wrong.